Nearly four years has passed since China proposed The "Belt and Road" (B & R) initiative in 2013. The Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI) under CAS, as a national research institution and a leading player in China's remote sensing and digital earth fields, has been committed to safeguarding the sustainable development of the "Belt and Road" regions through innovative application of big data for Earth observation.
The Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences recently published a supplement co-authored by RADI scientists and their international partners, featuring researches using Earth observation for various aspects of the B & R sustainable development.
The articles cover following fields: ecological environment, global agricultural monitoring, culture heritage protection, disaster risk reduction, water resource monitoring and use, urban planning, and climate change especially in High Mountain and cold regions.
